Barrel drain stand



oct. 3l, R. R MONROE BARREL DRAIN STAND Filed Dec. 2, 1929 Patented Cet.31, 1933 1,933,582 BARREL DRAIN/STAND Ronald ltr-Monroe, Des Moines,Iowa- .Y Appncatib necember 2, 1929. serial Np. 411,073y

1' claim. (crest-61V;

invention has to do with certain improve- Y x thev material is bent asat 13 upwardly and forments in barrel drain stands.

Morev particularly, the object of my' irnfentionv cated at 14.

is to provide in a barrel drain standk of the type 5 lused for tilting abarrel from normal upright po- 'sition to horizontal position,V certainimprovements for making vfor economy in manufacture and greater emciencyin handling barrels.l

Referring specically to some of the. improvements, it may be mentionedthat they include the building of a very simple frame or rack having theparts welded together at a-minimum cf factory cost, the provision ofmeans for 'facilitating the tilting of the rack, means for supportingthebarrel for permitting the easy rotation thereof, and means forconveniently engaging the chime of the barrel for moving it from itsupright position on the ground to its raised horizontal position on thebarrel rack.

With these and other objects'in view, my inl vention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination ofthe various parts of mybarrel drain stand, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, ashereinafter more'fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 shows a k'perspective viewv of a barrel rack, which I call abarrel drain stand, em-

bodying my invention.

80 Figure 2 shows a side elevation of the barrel rack tilted to barrelengaging position, the barrel being shown in full lines in one relationto the drain stand and in dotted lines in another position with relationto the drain stand.

Figure 3 shows the rear face of the barrel chime engaging member; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged, front view ofA a portion of the drain stand anda portion of a barrel thereon, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown in Figure 1 a perspective viewof my barrel .drain stand, which as appears from the drawing, comprisesa simple frame, including laterally spaced bottom frame members,indicated by the refer- 4.5 ence numeral 10, having the form of anglebars with the lower flanges arranged horizontally and the uprightflanges at the respective inner edges of the lower flanges.

At the rear end of each lower frame member 50. 10, V-shaped portions arecut out and the material is then bent upwardly to form the rear uprightlegs 12, preferably welded together, where y the notch wascut out tomake the bend in each instance. Y Y 55`- At the front end of each lowerframe member 10, V-shapedportions are likewisecut out and wardly to forma straight upper portion, as indi- The upper ends of the members14normally 60;4 stand alittle higher than the upper ends-of the members12, so that when the barrel is on lthc drain stand, it will be inclinedslightly downwardly toward the rear 'end of the drain stand.

vThe upper ends of the `members 14 and 12at 65I each side of the drainstand are connected by upper substantially horizontal frame members 16,composed of angleba'rswelded at their ends to the members 12 rand 14.

For conveniently supportingthe barrel drain stand on castors, I providenear the rear end thereof at the bottom of the drain stand, a rigidcross bar 18, having yits ends bent downwardly as at 2G, just outsidetheupright'flanges of `the members 10 and welded thereto.

Supported on the bar 18 are spaced castor wheels 22, the stems 24 ofwhich'project through the bar 18 to receive the nuts 26. v

At the frontof the drain stand, aV bar.- 18 is similarly securedto'thelowerframe members-10 and similarly provided with castors 22.

' At the'V upper rear part of the rdrain stand below the top thereof, across brace A28 is welded tothe legsk l2 f ar enoughI below the top ofthe stand to avoidinterference with the other parts and with the barrelon the stand.

At the rearupper part of the stand, I provide a cross member 30, havingits ends Welded to the members l0 and resting thereon and preferablywelded to the upper ends of the legs 12. 90,

The central portion of the cross member 30 is curved downwardly to forma concave portion as indicated at 30a. A similar member 30 having asimilar central portion 30a is similarly secured to the front endportions of the upper 95., frame member. 16. Y

Connected with the front faces of the upper parts of the Vmembers 14 isa substantially flat cross plate 32, which projects forwardly as shownin Figure 1,. up above the drain stand.

Secured to the rearv face of the cross' plate 32 near the upper partthereof, preferably by welding is a short curved block 34, curved toconform generally to the curvature of a barrel wall.

The frames 36 of rollers or wheels 38 are welded to the'upper faces ofthe upper frame members 16, as shown `in Figure 1, in pairs respectivelynear thevfront and rear of the barrel drain stand.

In the practical use of` my improved barrel drain stand, it normallystands in the position 1.1.9

shown in Figure 1. When it is desired to mount or support a barrel onthe drain stand, the stand is shoved on the castors 22 to position whereits Y front end is close to the barrel. The stand is then tiltedforwardly to the position shown in Figure 2. The barrel is then tiltedaway from the drain stand sligthly, until the lower part of the barreladjacent the drain stand is raised enough to push the cross plate 32underneath theV chime ofthe barrel. y The barrel is then allowedto dropdown to rest on the member 32.

The barrel 43 is shown in Figure 2 and the chime is indicated at 44.

The workman then grasps the upper part of the barrel and tilts it to itsdotted lin' position shown in Figure 2. barrel thereon is then swungfrom the position of the drain stand and the dotted line position of thebarrel shown in Figure 2 to the positionY of the drain stand shown inFigure l.

Thev barrel will then rest on the .rollers 38. The drain sta'ndwith thebarrel thereon may beconveniently and easily moved on the castors n 22to any place about a plant or servicestation 25"J` andso forth. Y l

Attention is called to a few of the advantages of the present drainstand.

I refer rst Vto the extremely simple construc tion and the parts used.The welding of the parts andthe consequent elimination of the use ofrivets and bolts makes for economy of manufacture, rigidity ofconstruction and long life.

The arrangement of the front end of the drain stand slightly higher thanthe rear end supports the barrel properly with relation to the center ofgravity and also causes it to. drain toward the rear end of the drainstand, which is desirable.

The use of the rollers 38 makes it easy to adjust the barrel onthe drainstand.-

` The provision of the block 34V helps to avoid accidents due toslipping of the barrel on the member 32. 4

With the barrel resting on the rollers 38, it may be convenientlyrotated as shown in Figure 4. to the position where the spigot or cockwill be properly located. v

The angular corners being adjacent the front :akik

The drain stand with the" castors 22 facilitate the tilting of the drainstand.

This is particularly important when it is tilted when there is a barrelon it for the purpose of unloading the barrel. At the beginning of suchtilting movement, there is sometimes a tendency for the entire stand toslide or roll on the castors 22. On account of the provision of thecorners 13, the rear end of the stand need be tilted only very slightlyto cause the corners 40 to engage the floor. Thereafter the tiltingmovement can be completed without danger of the sliding of the drainstand.

Another important function of the corners 13 is performed in loadingv a4barrel on the drain stand. Without these corners 13, accidentssometimesoccur when a drain stand is tilted from the position shown inFigure 2 toward the position showninV Figure 1 for mounting a barrelthereon, due to the fact that when the drain stand is tilted rearwardlyuntil the front castors 22 strikefthe -VgroundVthe drain stand will.sometimes slip or roll on the front castors.v

Onthe other hand when the corners 13 are provided, they aiford a iirmsupport, which will not slip until the drain stand has been tilted 1U()rearwardly far enough, so that there is no danger of anysubstantialslipping which might cause trouble. l Y i Y It will, of course, beobvious that some Ychanges might be made in the details of theconstruction and arrangement of the parts of my improved barrel drainstand without departing from theY real spirit and purpose of myinvention, and it is myvintention to cover by my claim, any modifiedforms .of structure or use of mechanical u@ equivalents, which may bereasonably included within the scope of such claim.

I claim as my invention:

A roller supported barrel stand, inclinedforwardly and upwardly at thefront, having upper 1.5 longitudinalframe members and upper, transverseconcave cross members, barrel supporting rollers on the stand to hold a,barrel above said cross members, a transverse toe member at the upperfront part of the stand having a central rim engaging lip.

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